NYCC 2016 Champions of Cosplay: The Winners (and Everyone Else)

The NYCC Eastern Championships of Cosplay returned to the Javits Center last night, just as it does every year. It seems like every year the quality of the cosplay gets sharper and sharper, in both materials used and creative ideas pursued. Competitors battle for $5,000 in prizes, which is always nice, but for most of these folks it’s not about the money. Glory and the satisfaction of a job well done. Winners also qualify for the final round of the 2017 C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay in Chicago, which is the the final stop in the Global Championships of Cosplay.

As sponsor of the event, Autodesk is given access to the contestants earlier in the day, which we love because we get to ask them all kinds of questions about how they made their cosplay. It’s a group of people who are really experienced at making things, including a few people we’ve met in past years who are returning again, but it’s also a bunch of folks who’ve never been in any kind of competition like this before. Some of them have serious butterflies, but our photographer Michael always has a way to get them to stay focused for their photo shoot. As usual, the final photos look great. Here are the winners and all the rest of the competitors for 2016….